宦海浮沉

Chinese

		officialdom; society of officials	to float and sink in the water; to go up and down; to drift along
trad. (宦海浮沉)		宦海	浮沉
simp. ^#(宦海浮沉)		宦海	浮沉
alternative forms		宦海浮沈

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huànhǎifúchén

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄏㄞˇ ㄈㄨˊ ㄔㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁶ hoi² fau⁴ cam⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huànhǎifúchén
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄏㄞˇ ㄈㄨˊ ㄔㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huànhǎifúchén
  - Wade–Giles: huan⁴-hai³-fu²-chʻên²
  - Yale: hwàn-hǎi-fú-chén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huannhaefwuchern
  - Palladius: хуаньхайфучэнь (xuanʹxajfučɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: waan⁶ hoi² fau⁴ cam⁴
  - Yale: waahn hói fàuh chàhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁶ hoi² fau⁴ tsam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wan⁶ hoi² feo⁴ cem⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn²² hɔːi̯³⁵ fɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰɐm²¹/

Idiom

宦海浮沉

the ups and downs of officialdom

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